I have a .50 caliber TC Hawken that I have owned for years. When I bought the rifle, it came with several additional items which included a box of Buffalo Bullet ballettes. I finally decided to try them and and when I did I found them difficult to start with a short starter. After I gave one a whack with a small plastic mallet I was able to finish with the short starter and then seat it with the ram rod. I tried a couple more but I decided to stop because the plastic hammer was deforming the nose of the ballettes. The ballettes measure .505" and they are prelubed. Does anyone have suggestions?
Question-Buffalo Bullets Ballett?
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The ballet is round nosed like a RB correct? My short starter is concaved on the end to help keep from deforming the RB when starting. The Ballets fir tight otherwise they wouldn't shoot very well by design.
hanshi
Cannon
The nose of a bullet is not very important as far as accuracy goes; but the BASE sure is. Unless majorly deformed a bullet with nose damage should still shoot quite well.
vervillev
32 Cal.
I used them some years back in a T/C Greyhawk using 90 grains of pyro. Couldn't find a groove with that round OR they Greyhawk. No problem loading because of the QLA feature in the muzzle of the rifle which in retrospect, was possibly it's Achille's heel for accuracy. The ballets may have shot better in a gun without the QLA. Went back to the maxi's and rounds in my CVA and New Englander.
longcruise
70 Cal.
Get a Lee 501 push through sizer. If. 501 is too small, gradually worke it doun with fine really really fine sandpaper. Like 800 grit. Make a mandrel by cutting a slice down a 3/8" metal rod about two inches. Wrap the paper around the mandrel. You can probably get by by taping the paper to the rod.
Go slow and keep checkin the fit as you go.
Go slow and keep checkin the fit as you go.
